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1 How to pass the ECL exam? Teaching methods, supplementary materials Szabó Szilvia PhD managing director- SZABÓ Nyelviskola/Language School és Fordítóiroda/Translation Agency Kft., Nyíregyháza ECL-elearning project leader

2 Lack of adequate language knowledge University/College degree lack of language knowledge/lack a degree/lack a state exam PTE annually students cannot take over their university certificates At BA level training, old university-college training 20-24% - final report National average: 30-40%

3 How to prepare for the ECL exam? - Teaching methods - ECL practice and topics books - ECL e-learning project

4 Teaching methods - with language teacher - at Language School (one to one, group, skype) - e-learning - self-studying - immersion course = native environment (abroad)

5 Example of an average family s child Gift for languages What do I learn from the first language teacher? What foundations do I get?

6 Brainstorming task Can you learn a foreign language on your own? you have to deal with language learning every day revise and practise listen to foreign language TV and radio channels continually info@eclelearning.com

7 Four skills Listening (Éva Páli) It is certainly one of the most difficult tasks because it is not easy to understand a native English speaker. It is easier for those who have continually been listening to language CDs, songs with lyrics, which are not so much liked by parents, English language TV programs since they were beginners. Understanding original, spoken English texts, requires a lot of practising while preparing for the exam.

8 Brainstorming task Why is listening skill the most difficult? Please turn back to your brainstorming partners and discuss this question as well for just 3 minutes.

9 Key to the successful ECL language exam HOW TO PASS THE ECL EXAM? - methodological book (B1, B2, C1) specifications, objectives, topics, bilingual (EN-HU) explanations it highlights the most frequent mistakes made by learners when solving the tasks related to the individual skills the wrong, unacceptable answers are all actual mistakes made by real test takers we provide detailed explanations why no points were given at the written and oral exam at the end of our book we give a summary of exam tips and useful advice (see Exam Tips) the Testing Glossary offers a collection of expressions and explanations related to language exams CD it also gives advice on how to improve learners current language competence at the given level

10 Short answers to questions Frequent task types of reading and listening comprehension at the ECL exam Multiple choice task with 3-4 options Completing unfinished sentences Matching titles and text segments Banked gap filling, inserting words or phrases back into a text from given options (sentence, paragraph) Matching any type of information with the text No: grammar test and translation task at the written exam

11 Frequent task types/text types of written communication at the ECL language exam At the writing tasks you can get any of the following genres: informal letter, letter of complaint, , blog entry, essay, composition. For each text type four or five bullet points of instructions are given on what aspects the composition should follow in its content.

12 ECL practice and topic books Ordering via our website or from AMOBA

13 New!

14 The ECL language exam preparation books have been published since regular monitoring, books are continually updated - authentic to the language exam - an excellent choice for individual learning as well - English vocabulary - answer keys for each test - audio CD and colour pictures for the oral parts can be found in the appendix - useful phrases can be found for both the oral and written parts of the exam - are purchased at reasonable price

15 ECL- elearning website on level B2 PROFESSIONAL ONLINE EDUCATION It is recommended to: - secondary school students facing the school leaving exam - already graduated students who have not acquired their degrees yet - businessmen who work till late in the evening - those who do not have access to proper language training programmes - everyone who would like to participate in high quality language training programs for a reasonable price info@eclelearning.com

16 Reading, Writing, Listening - Demo info@eclelearning.com

17 REGISTRATION Simple registration process The programme is bilingual Hundreds of tests are available, internet access

18 TIMETABLE Required appointments can be booked with a click

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